Big B.C. Influence In Golf Canada's Weekly Top 10 Powered By RBC
Players from British Columbia are once again very prominent in this week's Top 10 as published by Golf Canada. Richmond's Chris Crisologo rode his win in the prestigious South American Amateur to the number 4 spot in the country among amateur men.
Other notable names from B.C. making some moves this week in the rankings are Surrey's Michelle Kim, Adam Svensson and Hannah Lee along with Nanaimo's Zach Anderson, while Abbotsford's Adam Hadwin continues to be the number one ranked professional male in Canada.
MEN’S AMATEUR TOP 10
Hugo Bernard begins his fourth consecutive week as the No. 1 ranked amateur in Canada. The Quebec golfer, coming off a tie for 40th at the Jones Cup event, sits at No. 72 in the world rankings.
Chris Crisologo, coming off his win at the South American Amateur, also finished in a tie for 40th at the Jones Cup event. The Richmond, B.C. golfer also moved up a spot to take over the No. 4 spot in the Canadian rankings.
Charles Corner made the biggest gain among the Top 10, picking up 17 places in the world rankings.
Biggest move: Zach Anderson gained 104 spots in the world rankings. The Nanaimo, B.C. golfer is currently completing his senior campaign at Washington State University.
Complete World Amateur Golf Rankings can be found here.
WOMEN’S AMATEUR TOP 10
Positive gains among nine of the 10 players ranked in the Top 10 this past week.
Golf Canada National Team member and top ranked Canadian amateur Maddie Szeryk maintained her No. 24 world ranking.
No. 8 Michelle Kim made the biggest move among the Top 10, picking up 13 places while No. 9 Valerie Tanguay picked up 11 places.
Biggest Move: Hannah Lee gained 12 places in the world rankings.
Complete World Amateur Golf Rankings can be found here.
MEN’S TOP 10
Adam Svensson made the biggest gain of the week to move back into the Top 10, climbing 317 spots in the world ranking after picking up his first professional win at the Web.com Tour event in the Bahamas. Last year, Svensson missed the cut at both Web.com Tour Bahamas events and ultimately came up one spot short of earning his PGA Tour card. He becomes the 18th Canadian to win on the Web.com Tour. The victory was worth 14 world ranking points and it moved him from No. 11 to No. 8 in the Canadian rankings. At No. 379 in the world, Svensson is just three spots shy of matching his career-best standing in the world.
Svensson’s move up knocked Corey Conners out of the Top 10 for the first time in over a year. Conners himself made a jump of 50 places in the world rankings after finishing in a tie for 29th at the PGA Farmers Insurance Open. That was worth 2.35 world ranking points – his second points-paying finish in the last three tournaments.
Outside the Top 10, Ryan Yip gained 224 spots in the world rankings after finishing in a tie for 10th at the Web.com Tour event in the Bahamas. It was just his fourth career top 10 result on the development tour and enabled him to move from No. 21 up to No. 15 in the Canadian rankings.
Other notable results: No. 1 Adam Hadwin finished tied for 35th at PGA Farmers Insurance Open; No. 3 Mackenzie Hughes and No. 7 David Hearn both missed the cut at PGA Farmers Insurance Open; No. 4 Nick Taylor finished tied for 75th at PGA Farmers Insurance Open; No. 5 Austin Connelly missed the cut at European Tour Omega Dubai Desert Classic; No. 6 Benjamin Silverman finished tied for 67th at PGA Farmers Insurance Open; No. 9 Richard T Lee finished tied for 48th at the Asian Tour/Japanese Tour Myanmar Open; No. 10 Roger Sloan missed the cut at the Web.com Tour event in the Bahamas.
Click here for Men’s Official World Golf Rankings.
WOMEN’S TOP 10
Alena Sharp gained two places in the world rankings after finishing in a tie for 18th at the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic. The No. 2 ranked Canadian pro gained 1.46 world ranking points, moving her to No. 103 in the world.
Top ranked Brooke Henderson maintained her No.14 world ranking after finishing in ninth at the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic.
Other Notable Results: No. 3 Maude-Aimee Leblanc finished tied for 66th at the LPGA event in the Bahamas; No. 4 Anne-Catherine Tanguay missed the cut at the LPGA event in the Bahamas;
Click here for full Women’s Rolex World Rankings.